Improved steak-obushee



ALFRED vCASTELLAW, OF CHESTER, ILL'INOIS..

I Letters Patent Na.,74,304, dated .February 11, 1868,.

IMPROVBD STEAK-CRUSHER.

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TO' ALL WHOM IT'MY CONCERN:

VBe it known that I, ALFBED GASTELLAW, of Chester, in the county oi Randolph, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and improved Steak-Crusher; und I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will-enable those skilled in the art to make and use thc same, reference being had to the accompanying draivings forming part of this specification This invention relates to`, o new und improved method of constructing machines for crushing beef and other kinds of steaks or meats; and thev invention consists in constructing n machine with a tinted cylinder, which is geared to another smooth or plain eylinderor roller, in combination with :tsuitable frame, the cylinders being revolved therein, and the stonk to be crushed being passed between them, as will be hereinafter described.

Figure l represents aside elevation -of the crusher attached to a table.

Figure 2 is a, vvertical section of iig. 1,'through the line :v x.

Similar letters of reference'indicatecorresponding ports.

A represents the table. B is the bed-plate of the machine. C represent the end-pieces or stands'. D is' the tinted cylinder, which has journals :tt each end, one of which journals posses through the cn`d-piecc C, and

has a, crank, E, attached, by which 'the cylinders .are revolved. F is the smooth cylinder or rller, which also:

has journals or pivots in each of its ends, which rest-in holes or boxes in thc ends-G. Onone end of each ofthe cylinders there are gcar-wheels, which engage with each other, as seen in the drawing. These gears aro marked ff, and are plainly seen in fig. 2. vThe muchineis secured to the table by three, more or less, eccentric-levers orlever-cams, as seen at g; These eccentrics or cams are attached to hanging hooks,-J, and the levers of the eccentric are held up, when not in use, by wire hooks attached' to the bed-plate of the machine, as seenat h h. K is a cap-piece, across thetop ofthe machine, for the proper support ofthe end-pieces C, and for keeping the roller F in place.

When the crcnl is turned, the cylinders are revolved together, but the upper cylinder, being of less diameter, holds the moat while the luted cylinder crushes the fibre, and thereby renders it tender and suitable for the table. There is a-lange on the tluted cylinder, seen at f, for the purpose of keeping the meatfrom the gear-wheels while being crushed.

Having thus described my invention, I `claim as new, and' desire to secure by Letters Patent-,-

The steakcrusl1er, constructed as described, consisting ot' the smooth upper rollerF andlower corrugatedA roller D, operated by the gearing fin theframe, the end-pi cces, C, of which frame nre securedtogether by the `plate k, whose centre projects downward to form a` scraper for the upper roller F, as herein shown anddescribed.

ALFRED CASTELLAW.

Witnesses:

JAMES RALLs, H. C. Conn. 

